(male announcer) live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news.the bay area ...getting ready for the storm. several inches of rain expected... and residents are bracing for the worst. live team coverage on how ((wipe vo)) plus, a 14-year-old girl... killed on her way to school. tonight, a community in now at five -- a major storm just hours away from the bay area. you are looking live from our camera atop mount tamalpais. this evening, kron-4 crews are tracking the storm preparations... from the north bay, to the east bay, to the south

bay. and first tonight... i'm here in the kron-4 weather center with jacquelyn bennet. jacquelyn -- how much rain are we talking about? >> a cigna. about. some of these people of-a significant-about. >> some of these cars have been visiting in about 2 ft. of water this is time and time again and. you can see this parliament side that says it is subject to flooding because of all of the raid that fell and even high tide. of that-maureen kelly, kron 4 news. >> in pacifica one person's storm is another opportunity take a look people have coming out for taking a day of a surfing. >> in his excellent.

>> the water was great, nice and clear, the waves were clean. >> when this wind is out of the south it is straight of short for some of the speeches which is ideal. >> right offshore, 2-4 ft.. not the best but bigger is not always better. >> i would rather have a clean breaking away. a committee of these people will be back again on thursday. and many of these people will be back again on a thursday. we will have to wait and see if those storms will be producing higher when >> a difficult commute this morning. this was just after a 11:00 a.m. and that is usually the time when traffic is pretty much cleared up. we will be keeping an eye on the bay.

traffic at stay with kron 4 as we continue to track the storm. more as we continue to abide www.kron4.com and our facebook & twitter. >> now a police chase through oakland streets this afternoon and ended with gains suspects on the news just after 4:00 p.m. officers tried to pull over a car with what oakland police work gang members inside and the driver took off. the police stopped. because of public safety concerns. this is video of skies seven high definition video. from abc. you can see there were emergency crews on the scene with many people to avoid this area. >> that teenager that robbed a number of stores and killed a man at the week of thanksgiving was in court today. and lisalecia reed-

>> 15 year-old showed no emotion in court today he is being charged as an adult after a charge of armed robbery. this left a child dead. >> and just a few minutes after that, he was fired upon by both the defendant and and luckily he survived. , this happened on november 16th. his alleged parlor, jonathan banks was a arrested that night but it took detectives one week to find the other. there will not talk about the nature of the suspects but the teenager was a willing participant. >> how long had they known each other? what influence and how does a 15 year-old restored off this crime spree >> both will be in court on

december 5th. at that time it they can enter a plea. in the san jose, alecia reed, kron 4 news. >> this serious traffic accident in the backup. this is video from sky 7 high- definition abc seven news. there were two cars that fell from a big rig carrier interstate-a.d. near the marina boulevard active in the san leandro. and interstate-80--and the c h p saying that the least one of the drivers was hurt. >> alex smith or kaepernick? sports a trucker, will break it down after a sports to test- sports announcer-jason will be back after this...

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>>jacqueline: this is video of what we have seen in this is the presidio. from a friday morning, as we go towards a saturday more rain fall with gusting winds expected. as for take a look at the satellite & radar

mostly clear conditions. the rain has pressed to the east but there is more rainfall for later. this system will move slower than the one the we sought today. the tail end of that seeing some and subtropical moisture with gusting winds and some trusmoisture. notice, south of the golden gate things will stay mainly dry by 11:00 p.m., as the chances of rainfall and the 8:11 a.m.- pad of rainfall and early afternoon in a deep interest a night. the chances of heavy rainfall offsite fazan cunhand on thursday, that this one is expected to really push through and on the golden gate. south of the golden gate by 8:00 p.m. and still have the north of the golden gate moderate/every through petaluma and san

rafael toward its starch to porsche south for the curly afternoon. rainfall totals, bringing a lot of moisture. take a look at the rainfall totals, nearly 3 in. in the north bay. a look at your extended forecast for the several systems pushing through. the first will be thursday night and friday morning and the same with lighter rainfall expected and heavy rain fall on a sunday morning. lingering showers but the good news is that it will dry out for early next week. >> tonight we have big bay area sports stories. jim

harbaugh announced which car pa quarterback will start and also the baseball hall of fame it is officially out. and former san francisco giants barry bonds. despite his conviction for interim with a steroid investigation. jason, let us talk about the 49ers >> :kaepernick. for the third straight week. and a media presence as we will see fit the headquarters for the announcement that everybody knew was coming. the cameras and in the santa clara. kaepernick has been handpicked and its seems to be a more dynamic player. what makes this more interesting is that smith

was playing so well as during his conse concussion about three weeks ago. he was the third highest paid at tom reedy, aaron rogers but they think that kaepernick will give the best for the team. >> the rationale for the quarterback is that we feel great about as a starting quarterback both have a current it. and alex, over a long. of time and virtue of a series of games we will go with kaepernick with a hot hand. and the alex. >> as i mentioned they are trying to keep the morale up. his decision the last couple of weeks is showing the and. here is kaepernick

after hearing the news. >> i do not know if it is a hot hand or whatever you want to call it but i am happy that i can get back out there. alex has been great. for me to be able to be where i want to be, and this to see where he has gone and it is difficult but we will go with the coach's decision. >> alex is a class act all the way. that is what we would expect. >> boar gore came in with mixed emotions but as kaepernick. the other store was three players are a link to performance enhancing drugs and of course barry bonds. take a look at this,

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these awards >>pam: it is a difficult situation for both. and to support to director, gary radnich will be back at the 6:00 p.m. and thank you, jason. >> we want to think of what you think tonight. do you think that he should be the starting quarterback would

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(male announcer) live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. >> take a look. we did see some of rainfall a near redwood city but jacqueline bennett is tracking the storm on the inland valleys. jacqueline? >> this morning, we saw a 72 mph gusting it was a wet and windy morning but conditions have been improving. the

satellite and radar with mainly drier conditions. kron 4 is tracking the storm. heavy rain falling in berkeley today. now to a live look at the weather now. a shot of the san francisco even though it looks much better than this the rain isn't over by a long shot. >>pam: rain and wind causing delays at san francisco international airport throughout the day. kron4's scott rates is there live --- scott, now that we have had a brief lull in the bad weather... how are flights looking? >> the rain and wind is on a south-east wind they have to change directions of the way that the aircraft take off that is causing water lines, longer waits and for these people to see a lot of " cancelled " flights. >> as the first round of the showers slammed san

francisco flights came to a standstill. >> we felt that our flight was delayed by 2.5 hours. >> 2-pushing three. >> we are going to take off at 3:30 not until now 7:00 p.m. countless headaches for caitlin who had to be in new-york by 8:00 p.m. >> we're not going to land until about 3:00 a.m. >> 60-90 delays average the storms for the next showers has slowed down air traffic. keeping people to look for ways to pass the time. >> i'm going to pass and hit the wine bar. >> starbucks. >> adopting the we are going to ever get out of here. we philip we are going ticket trapped here forever. the my disposed to the spokesperson from the airport and believe it or not it is the biggest

trouble is car traffic. major traffic tieups in front of the terminals the best thing that you can do is to go wait in a cell phone lot. scott rates. kron 4. www.kron4.com stay with us for the up to the minute in tone in washington today -- as the fiscal cliff looms. kron4's political analyst michael yaki is here to talk about it all -- however, only 34 days until the united states faces the our political analyst, michael yaki is on set tobut first let's go to vicki? >> politicians in washington are trying to reach a compromise before the january first deadline.

if no deal is reached -- tax increases and effect. president obama says the people need to be part of the fiscal cliff debate. and today, he's taking his message on the road. >> i believe that both parties can agree on a framework that does that in the coming weeks. in fact, my hope is to get this done before christmas. >> but republican lawmakers, question the president's decision to leave washington. >> in other words rather than sitting down with lawmakers of both parties and working out an agreement he is back on the campaign trail presumably with the same old talking points that we are all quite familiar with. >> mister obama assured the public he is doing his part. also sitting down with the c-e-o's and labor >> i am ready and able and willing and excited to go ahead and get this issue resolved in a bipartisan fashion so that american families and american businesses have some year. >> house speaker john boehner -- also remaining positive. >> republicans are committed t0continuing to work with the president to come to an agreement to avert the so- called fiscal cliff, it's one reason why we believe we put revenue on the table as long as it's accompanied by serious spending cuts to

avert this crisis. >>

not doing that well but now, john boehner is a saying that it is a little bit better what is going on? >> not really anything they are still talking at each other and the president is now bringing more to the bargaining table for john boehner to bring more provisions for the debt ceiling. >> at least four more weeks to get this done this is huge which is already it is a lumbering along in doing anything realistically was of the public expect at this point? >> what the president is trying to to he has the upper holtz. congress is the one in the hot seat right now he has the upper--hand. that is why he keeps on adding to the bargain what we just pass this. and no tax increase for the other middle-class and let the others expire. remember, that this is just a lot. if this is pressed of just a

couple of weeks. >> they do not care. >> the public does not care. >> what washington does not care they only care a little bit but peak leave in the and that the old to believe this will be something big. congress will not do anything big and in four weeks? that will be a long shot. >> at least we are hearing the republicans are now hearing some compromise with the no-tax increase pledge. will that help to get this done this year and to not extend this? >> as long as there were look at the word " tax increase " to they're going to get a deal done but it not. encouraging the. a lot >> utt sorry. >> also, the ambassador to the ambassador it susan rice was answering more about if

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>>pam: now for today's market update... some good news on wall street.. as stocks end the day higher on news that lawmakers are possibly inching towards a deal to avoid a fiscal crisis at the end of the year. the dow gained more just shy of 13-thousand. the nasdaq jumped up 24-points. and the s-and-p-500 >> is that time to talk about winners and losers. let us get started with the losers with the octobernew home sales people were not that enthusiastic? >> not that impressive. it has been an impressive strength trend for the last six months. however, new home sales a nothing recessionary or a car wreck. but still it is favoring the home builders. purchases

in the last six months were climbing by 2.8%. but super storm sandy could have something to do with that. >> andgroupon ceo future as a winner? >> that is a winner rumored that he is going to be leaving. >> correct he did not sell the company at a $32 billion. and he had had. ed and meeting and even has appear in the french writer at work. >> pie in the refrigerator with the year in the

refigerator... >> starbucks' new $7 coffee introduces costa rica finca palmilera. that's $15,000 in coffee every year that is too much will anybody purchase it i think that it. once i purchased a $60 cup of coffee. and a former picks it up and makes a rare cup of coffee i did that to impress a playboy model. a $7 cup of coffee will work but i say that it could not work. >> perhaps not assembly would purchase every day. you can catch these on the kron 4 morning news at 6: 4:05 a.m. >> certainly it was a you whet and 20. you are wet and wi- with flooding and even gusting winds. this is video right under the 1 0 1.

obviously, it was not a fun commute with drier conditions but more rain fall on the with the satellite & radar. showing that it is pushing to the east. another big storm the tail end of this to the south. tapping into sub- tropical more juror. and it is going to linger around longer. the imagine, today's rain but it will last for several hours. quite a bit of rain fall late into tomorrow and early friday. the futurecast will see a maintain of showers in the north bay. most of the ob skirting to the north. not until later the evening a by 11:00 p.m. and showers to the north in the same for the 4:00 p.m. hour. iran will start to develop and push south by 10:00 p.m. the-rainfall will start to develop through santa rosa, petaluma. also by the 5:00

hour, and south of the golden gate by 8:00 p.m.- 10:00 p.m. until 1:00 p.m. we are talking 12 hours of rainfall. and as for the sierras it was sellinshowing rainfall, not snowfall. and showing 6005 biography to everybody is interested the lake level is going to be getting rainfall. however, above 6005 moderate with a two-4 in. on friday but 6- inches on thursday. most of this will be in the morning hours. as for your small bomb ski report. tahoe, 6 in., squaw valley, 5 in.. and sugar bowl, 4 in.. the

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teenage actor angus t. jones of the comedy "two and a half men" is apologizing for a series of interviews attacking his own show, at one point calling it "filth." jones issued a statement today saying he's sorry if his remarks reflected indifference to and disrespect of his colleagues... and a lack of appreciation of his opportunities. and remember you can catch all your entertainment news, right here on kron-4. the insider starts at 7:00, followed by entertainment tonight at 7:30.

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>> officials of a private school in the san jose are facing parents as state of alert and that a registered sex offender was volunteering on campus who will never live report. and michael yaki will be back to explain the gop issue with susan rice, the united nations ambassador to the united states. the comments she made after the deadly consulate attack.

>>jacqueline: the rain has pushed to the east but more rain fall as we go for the weekend details on the multiple attacks coming up.

(male announcer) live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. >>pam: the first in a string of parts of the bay area knee in the santa cruz mountains ... white knuckles on the steering wheels. >> its hard to be driving right now workers braving high winds in the east bay hills to protect power lines. kron four tracking this storm and the two right behind it. flooding on highway- one where it meets highway 101 in mill valley at high tide today. that made things tough navigate the deep water on the road. water there was estimated to be two- feet

deep in certain spots. we are starting our team coverage with the weather center with jacqueline if there is a break in the rainfall but that is only for a bit. at least. >> and let the a little bit right now it is keeping it the flooding to be a non- issue. but more rainfall is common with that concern racing again as for the rainfall today. nearly two- inches with their rainfall- continuing. palo alto, 1-1/2 inch and falling short of what we did see in a couple of places. san francisco was below one half an inch and livermore, and for the delta. the wind gusting is exactly what we were at los gatos, 72 mph 66 in mt. diablo and 61 degrees in

burlingame. and 41 mph at s f o. the rain has pressed to the east with scattered showers. and the snowfall has tapered off through lake tahoe. more rain, snow in the coming days and another system is coming up in the bay-area with a well-defined system. the core of if it is off to the coast. with a another round of heavy rainfall and it is pushing slower. it will parked its way for several more hours. here is what we can expect with clearing and mainly dry conditions with chances for the rain that will press and by 10:00 p.m. heavy rainfall, with details on that and more rainfall coming up. >>pam: more reporters, with

terisa as starc the stock show.o residents in the north bay were treated and greeted this terisa estacio. -- >> this downpour. flooding and in mill valley, some cars for stock going through in several feet of water through sausalito, caltran put out orange cones of some precarious conditions and this city creek showed some signs of heavy flowing with sandbags being put into place and a few years ago this was a potential damage. >> these are six sandbags that the town made available to us. we have them sitting here in case we need them this weekend. we do not need

it today he but what we are seeing in the several days in a row of a lot of rain we are probably going to need them around a saturday or sunday. you know, with just a lot of rain coming we will put it in front of this flood gate that we have here at the door jamb. first, goes the presell would for the flood gate and then that the sand back. that will hopefully keep us dry. >> here, you can see this live picture a long 1 0 1 in north bound. conditions are dry for now but it seems like it could rain at any moment. reporting live, terisa estacio, kron 4 news. >> with 15 hours on the

clock and eight hoursclock as iu can see the bright lights in the distance. this is the material yard for pg&e. this is where all of the action goes. (sirens) >> thankfully this storm was not as strong as we initially feared. but it is not over with three more storms in each to look significant and they could each pack a strong punch >> it is raining have the fear today but this is the most rain i've seen all year. >> the rain. >> it is all hands on deck situation with this series of winter storms they can take out entire communities very quickly. >> this facility is pretty much 24-7. >> just in this europe we

have 7900 transformer's ready to go. with the no. the central county as well with as many as 15 transformers and one at night. in this-area, nearly 7009 batter transformers. >> is not a full blown a storm yet but certainly the worst is yet to come. >> the average store between the 2505 hundred transformer's what was the worst they've seen? certain can take out hundreds of transformers at a time. reporting in the east bay, kron 4. >> 1100 pg&e customers were out of power. more than 11- hundred p, g and e customers in pacifica were without power for a few hours this morning... whenand it's easy to understand howling... rain was falling and off the coast, waves were churning... for most, it was good reason to batton down the hatches, and stay indoors... but as kron 4's dan kerman tells us, as soon as the rain let up... many headed directly to the ocean... >>

in pacifica surfers were literally riding the wave of the storm wednesday >> we are getting our surfing boards ready to go. >> i was waxing my board trying to get the best waves. >> some of these wasso what was a storm for some, was an opportunity for it is beautiful! >> 2-4 ft.. >> these were ideal. storm made conditions ideal >> these were offshore so it is the best spot to be. >> the waves will stay open a little bit longer in the easier and not so choppy. >> there will be back out here on thursday dan kerman, kron 4 news. santa cruz got

lashed with heavy rain today. kron 4s rob faldaboe takes a look at the commute drivers had to take on, as the rain clouds rolled in. >> it is hat's off to the commuters is without question one of the nastiest commutes in the bay area. this treacherous on any day highway 17 a through the santa cruz mountains is especially difficult on a rainy day like this. but no serious accidents. as the morning commute:with the big rainfall of this season the puree as he watched over the summit, the officer talked about some of the bad habits he sees. >> usually we will get one accident and that will result in several other extras because we try to slow down traffic from them crashing into the tropic of a slowing of for that accident. and we will end up having three, four because people are not slowing down. as they are coming around

these blind curves you cannot see what is a road and you really have to slow down. all we want to do is make sure that everybody gets home safe and take it easy. >> the c h p heavy presence that is not shy away from writing a ticket on a day like this and drivers are getting the hint. slow down or suffer the consequences. in the santa cruz mountains, rob fladeboe, kron 4 news. >> that is not the only location that took a beating. will have much more of the troubled wet weather. and here is one example with a serious accident is snarling traffic in the east bay this afternoon. sky 787 news high-definition video. these two cars fell. seven h-abc news. this is just past the marina exit in san leandro. two other drivers crashed into the car. at

least one of the drivers was hurt. >> school officials are injuring to parents after it was discovered that officials gave the go-ahead for a registered sex offender to volunteer of the school campus. mark gurries was helping when a deputy asked him to leave he said that he had permission to be there from the diocese which has now resigned. the meeting over the sex offender incident is starting in just a few moments, reggie? >> that is correct, pm. it is in the gymnasium. a lot of people are showing up with organized by the diocese but the media is not welcomed. you can see

this video. the principles of telling principle, a staff that i do not expect any of you attend until you have a deep desire for more drama in your life. please pray for >> the st. frances cabrini are tight lipped. before the registered sex offender was discovered by appearance at a festival in lawsuit was filed one week before by a second victim alleging that reverend, a former priest that work here from 1995-20 06 abused them. they are still reeling from that. now they are dealing with this lawsuit. back out here live they are continuing to arrive for this special meeting. hopefully, will have some parents reaction tonight at 8:00 p.m. reggie kumar, kron 4. >> republicans are balking that obama will nominate the u.s. united nations

ambassador susan rice to be the next secretary of state. we will break down their concern and what they have in mind. >> and will take a look of the rainfall that was unleashed on the san mateo today. including this scene. and more storm damage when kron 4 news, continues.... hey, look! a shooting star!

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susan rice is extraordinary. couldn't be prouder of the job that she's done in usun. applause the president and his cabinet may be giving the u.s. united nations ambassador, susan rice a round of applause ... but republicans have concerns about the president's expected plan to nominate rice as the new secretary of state. questions were raised by g-o-p party members who are troubled by what rice said in the days after the deadly attack on the u-s consulate in benghazi, libya . rice told reporters then.. the attack was linked to a protest over an anti -islamic movie ... that turned out to be untrue. another issue ... republican concerns about what rice knew about requests from diplomats in security ahead of that attack. michael yaki the president is still putting his political capital behind we do not know if he is going to nominate her what is your take?

>> my take is that he would like to nominate her but the gop is trying to pressure him on not need the nominating her. none of them are some of the our no. not going to not to nominate hr but you think that there is some possible political scheming. >> i think they would like john kerry there would be a senate seat. and a scott brown who did about 15 points better in massachusetts. with a fund raiser recognition to get the seat back from gop. >> we do not want to lose the fact what happened in benghazi when we lost power pole in bay area as chris stevens. but you do not think that it is about susan rice? >> they are instead focusing on what one person said five days after the attack that is the bottom. venom michael, thank you for your

analysis. -- and the city of san francisco is providing reinforcements. the city of san francisco provided reinforcements.. at least one flood prone here you can see a d- p-w worker... carting in a load of sandbags on the 21- hundred block of folsom. crews laid down several layers of the bags.. storm drains have backed up in this area during sudden downpours on more than one occasion. the last time just this spring. >> for us, it is not as strong as we thought but they each seem to be significant and the each look to pack a significant punch. >> it did not rained down here but this is the most for and i have seen. >> for us it is all lanes on tax situation when you get the series of winter storms.

they can take out entire communities. >> this facility is 3024-7. we have it ready for of these transformers. much more the week would go through 50 transform it is not a full boar full- blown a storm but the worst could still be yet to come. >>pam: d-p-w is also providing as city residents.. at the and marin streets.. already falling trees been caught as a precaution the firefighters using chainsaws. and getting them off the roads. this was in martinez, this other even

though the stormy weather is just getting started.... problems are already showing up.. fallen trees are being cut away around the bay area. earlier this afternoon, to cut chunks of fallen trees... and get it all out of the road in occidental. and in martinez, another tree came falling down near martinez junior high school... it happened on brown street by pacheco boulevard. crews advised drivers to use alternate routes, while picking up their children from school earlier today. >>jacqueline: most of that rainfall will be of to the north of the santa rosa could see most of it and the rain in the general location. by 11:00, still the north bay. but notice by 10:00 it is increasing in intensity this mean >> will press to the south

beyond midnight. by 5:00 p.m. is taking over the north bay and showers south of the golden gate. heavy rainfall by 8:00 p.m. and we will continue to see moderate/heavy. by 1:00 p.m., that is when it is expected to press to the east. we will see several more hours of that heavy rainfall with more rain in the bay area. the wide range inland valley areas with three-quarters of 1 in. of 3 in. in the valleys. that higher rainfall totals will mainly be for the north bay. as for the mountains and hills 3-1/6 inches for the north bay. it will stay there longer and the gusting winds are expected with the main front. 55 m.p.h. wind speed and imbedded in storms on that front as well as taking a look at the sierras wet weather. you can see the snowfall, not rainfall only the lake level

receiving rainfall but 4-8 in. of snowfall tomorrow 5- 12 which is on friday. and a couple of inches on saturday but we do see that it could be for the mourning colors with news know to talk about tahoe, six inches in the past whenever or several other resorts are open in with fresh snow go to www.snowbomb.com for the latest the good news is that we could see a dry out early next week. the more recent political rivals turning collaborators mitt romney and president obama sitting down together

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two politcal rivals will be sitting down for a meal tomorrow. president obama and mitt romney will meet for a private lunch at the white house. it's the first meeting between the two since their last debate. president obama promised in his victory speech earlier this month, he would meet with romney following their bitter campaign. the two men will have lunch in the private dining room of the white house.. during the washington trip-- mr. romney is also scheduled to meet with former runningmate congressman paul ryan.

todays storm in the bay .. actually affected people alldozens of flights were cancelled at the san francisco international.. also, a prosecutors say, a as an adult after being both those stories... coming up as kron 4 news continues! >>jacqueline: the rainfall has pushed to the east with even more details on the

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(male announcer) live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. >> we can see that not only was it a busy morning but an extremely wet warning on the lawn grizzly peak tree trimmers word cutting down dangerous tree limbs. haazig madyun >> continuing our steam court coverage from the santa cruz mountains, this summit of highway 17. despite heavy rainfall, a

thankfully, there were no serious accidents. >> want to make sure that everyone takes it slow, easy and makes it home safely. >> so far, so good and rob fladeboe, kron 4 news. >> one person's storm is another person's opportunity they have taken to the ocean for some surfing it they say that conditions are great. many of these people say that there will be out here again on thursday. in pacifica surfers were literally riding the wave of the storm wednesdayso what was a storm for these folks while waves were only two four feet, surfers says the storm made conditions ideal dan kerman, sfo. with at least 90 cancellations and because of these high winds at the airport. that has

slowed things down in and out of s f o. i spoke with a spokesperson andrain and wind causing delays at san francisco international airport throughout the day. the best thing to do is to wait at a cellphone lot if you have to wait for somebody kron4's scott rates i >> continuing our weather coverage it has been busy with pg&e specifically in the east bay. more than 11- hundred p, g and e customers in pacifica were without power for a few hours this morning... whenand it's easy to understand howling... rain was falling and off the coast, waves for most, it was the hatches, and stay indoors... thousands of transformers are on standby. an average stand by storm could not cut 2500-5000 transformer's but even hundreds can be knocked out in the east bay, dan

k j. r. stone, kron 4. >> this deadly carjacking and the attempted murder of a police officer was in court today. his only 15 years old but he is being charged as an adult because of the nature of these crimes. we will speak to the d.a. and find out more about this case. in it san jose, police here read, kron 4. >> google street you just keep getting better and better. and further off the beaten path you can explore the ski results through google street view. the even the showed this on their ski equipment to give you a better view. >>jacqueline: the better weather story is this satellite and radar it has pushing east but the next one is getting ready. very well defined and a big

storm. the tail and pushing to the south that is expected to basically stalled over northern california. we will maintain a chance of rainfall and the north they would not launch south of the golden gate. again the rain to the north by 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. continue to the evening but not much towards the golden gate. it is pressing in overnight in the heavy rainfall associated to. friday, more widespread for the whitbay area-and for the early afternoon--rainfall totals? it will be longer than the last system for thursday evening you can see the accumulations of one half-inch heavy rainfall with one-inch in santa rosa

and his starch to sector rainfall totals are going to add up. one-half inch in hayward, over 1 in. in oakland and 3 in. in santa rosa. >>pam: (male announcer): now, here's stanley roberts who found people behaving

badly. >> honda, honda yes i'm pulling you over for not having your lights on you need to follow me , follow me because i'm pulling this other car in front of you follow me >> when it's raining hard enough that you have to turn on your wipers full blast, state law required you turn on your head lights the driver in the honda and this driver did not so they both get to have a chat whit officer glaze of the california highway patrol nats: you not driving with your headlights on during the rain (oh really) the driver of the honda was just a little bit busy when officer glaze tried to talk to her . so let wait ok now lets listen in. nats: i stopped you maam for not driving with your headlights one to be honest >> i thought this car had the automatic headlights on are you aware that you have to turn your headlight to the full (i usallly do) apparently i didn't when i picked her up but these two were the only driver violating the nearly 8 year old law the driver of ths bobtail truck was rolling along in the driving rain with no nats: siren: we going to take the exit the driver said he was aware of the law, he told the officer he was in a rush and was only driving a few miles

but listen to what he told me nats; you had no headlight on and its driving rain out there ( it's sdesent make difference to me because my eye vision is very good) believe it or not it has nothing to so with having good vision but everything to do about visibility and common sence and since we are the subject of common sence, watch as this car zips by past our chp cruiser in the rain wipers on but no lights hmmmmmm i wonder whats gong to happen next tell me you didn't see that coming, you're diving with out your headlights on and your whindshield wipers activated but want there's more hi i was wondering why you two were wearing your seat belts back there, im sorry im pregnant and that seatbelt hurts my stomach but let talk to the driver i was not aware of the law that i have to have my headlights on, i would have had them on we stopped quite a few drivers in violation of the headlight law, but for the recored the law does not apply if you have you wipers on intermitten and running lights don't count you need to physicllly turn on your headlights nats here i am as an adiction counncerler teaching my women how to behave propertly and hoe to behave clean sober and legal and here i amd getting

caught behaving badly with the redwood city office of the chp i got caught behaving badly stanley roberts kron 4 news

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should he get in? gary weighs in - straight ahead plus - 49ers coach jim harbaugh names his starting quarterback...well, sort of... gary explains, next.

>> this is no joke the nfl network, espn, and even kron 4, and 193. everybody wanted to hear if kaepernick was going to be the starter... here is the announcement. >> the rationale is that

there are two quarterbacks that we feel great about as a starting quarter paralex, and colin kaepernick, by virtue of the last couple of games. it tips the scales of pure that he really has the hot hand. anything is a possibility. s the again, we have push this around as much as we have plowed this. i can read your eyes and maybe you think i'm holding you back. or perhaps not to sing something of? but i have given you everything-i am thinking that i've saying -- everything. >> let me pala a little bit as much as this is what that you just worry about for

about 15 minutes. and what we're going to do? >> this is this something fun to talk about it is interesting to have a winning team with a rookie coach. and i just say that maybe i'm overly sensitive but i say that most media people went to school. most media people have gone to school and are intelligent and they say that they are getting a kick off this. jim harbaugh is going to say that he is going to go talk to these media people. that is it. and that does not make him a bad guy. >> and i was saying that he was having difficulty because these are two good guys. it is difficult >> , about this? the most wer both were ready. and if he had to make a choice but it is a difficult choice. to

put alex smith's name in it. >> i think to just keep everybody chopping at the bit. he knows that he is going to go with kaepernick. >> when we will investigate the white house. >> i wonder. >> even the players come when you talk about it they are even going back and weather they want they want alex to play but they perhaps want colin but they still feel for alex. >> these are professional athletes. >> i know. >> lay off of her! >> i am complimenting her that if the world were more like pam you would be easier but for you and died, and do not put me in your category! >> and i realize it is not

raining. >> i even got sandbags. them i wonder what kaepernick s to save. >> the hot hand but i am just happy to play. it has been great alex has been great our relationship has not changed >> i know that alex and i love to play football and we see what we have been through. it is tough. but he makes a great decision. >> alex is a class act all the way. and that is what we would expect. >> one more time a quirky coach and lease the raiders are trying. jason baben. was released by. the

jacksonville check orders. maybe they are going to get him about the word is that he did not practice there are going to make a team decision. he was sentenced to 180 days in jail from an assault conviction is being thrown out. but rules see if he is the left of the lions defensive ctackle has been fined for a $30,000 check every time you see this kick.. and his reputation carries a lot of weight. he has been voted the dirtiest player for two years in a row. no suspension but he says that he does not mean it. >> in is a crazy play. it is one that unfortunately happened i did not even realize until i watched it on twitter. other than that,

you cannot do much about it and my foot hit the man. >> it sounds like a frame from where i have set. >> and our great floor director says that the double clutched the fort. >> intentional? >> and we are going to move on it with the n f l players whole but viagra? >> some guys. they will do whatever they can to get in and i will even inhered some crazy stories of people using viagra. seriously because of the blood. and some crazy stuff. >> we are going to leave that alone. stuff that i do not need. >> six days apart, stanford, a rematch, david shaw ucla on friday night. the winner

will go back to the rose bowl. stanford has not had a rules will victory since 1972. plunkett won in 1971 david shaw, ucla. >> our challenge is to make sure that we do not outsmart ourselves but the same time want to make sure that we are as the verse as we can be to make sure the things that would positively we know. that we all know that it is going to come back and we have answers for. >> stanford campus and doing their thing today and menlo park the cheerleaders and the athletic department were park the c[ laughter ]and [ girl ] wow, you guys have it easy. i wish i had u-verse when i was your age. in my day, we didn't have these fancy wireless receivers.

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